Wick-coupling.



W W BY A. 'STEUP.

WICK COUPLING. APPFICATiON HLED FEB. H. 1918.

1,2745626. Patented Aug; 6;l918..

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Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Bate nted A11 6, 191 8.

;Application' filed-February s, 1918. Serial No. 216,037. 97

To all whom it anal concern:

Be it known thatI, ARTHUR'STEUP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in'Wick-Couplings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to illumination, and

more especially'to wicks composed of sev" 'eral pieces; and the objectof the same is'to produce an improved coupling for connecting the piecesso that one may be left on the lamp and in the kerosene and the otherwhen burnt out may be removed and replaced by a new piece of wicking.

This object is accomplished bycon'structing the coupling and using it inthe ma'n-,

ner hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as shown in thedrawings, herein 1 I Figure 1 is a side elevation.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a tubular burner and wick with myinvention applied,

Fig. 41- is a perspective detail of a portion of the couplinghereinafter described.

In the drawings, let B designate the burner, and W the wick. With theseelements we are not concerned excepting that in the resent instance Ihave shown a tubular liurner and therefore a tubular wick, although ofcourse if a fiat burner were'employed a flat wick would be necessary. Myinvention is a device to be usedwhere it is the intention to permit thewet and old end of the wick to extend from the burner into the bowl ofthe lamp or lantern and remain soaked in kerosene or other liquidluminant, whereas the upper and: charred end of the wick is to beremoved entirely and replaced by a new section, which, after beingconnected or coupled with the old section, is letdown into the oil byreversing the rotation of the feed shaft in the usual manner.

Coming now more particularly to the present invention, and referringespecially to Fig. 1, the coupling I employ is made'of a narrow strip 1of metal, preferably pliable and having holes or opemngsQ through itcapillary action and attraction of the wicking. Along the upper andlower edges of the strip are formed integral teeth 3 and 4, preferablypointed as shown and disposed at any suitable distance from each other.This strip when carried around a tubular wick as the upper section, soas to interfere as little as possible with the shown'constitutes a band,and its. ends may thatthey may be detached when desired. As herein shownI have provided onecend with a hole or eye 5, andithe other end with areduced tongue 6, and the tongue is passed,

through the eye and bent back upon itself as best seen in Fig. However;any appros priatefastening might be provided for detachably connectingthe ends of the strip where they meet.

With this construction, the use of this invention is as follows Assumingthat the wick is nearly worn out, or in other words that it has beenraised from time to time and trimmed until finally its lower end extendsbut a slight distance into the oil, and in fact draws out of the oil asthe latter becomes low in the bowl of the lamp. It is now the desire ofthe user to put on'a new, section or piece of wick. First he runs theold piece up and trims off the charred end. Then he slips a new sectionof wick over the burner and down onto the same until it contacts closelywith the freshly cut upper end of the old section, both sections beingmeanwhile moved down so that the line 22 of Fig. 1 would indicate aboutwhere the sections meet. Thestrip 1 is now brought into use and carriedaround the meeting ends of the sections, its upper teeth 3 embedding theupper sectionand its lower teeth 4 the lower section, and when its endscome together they are fastened in. whatever way is provided. It is notintended that the strip shall be connected with each other in anysuitable, manner, but preferably by a hook-and-eye; so

be drawn very tight around the wick, for

that would choke the same and interrupt its capillary action, but it isintended that it should be drawn around the sections sufli-o cientlytight to cause the teeth to embed them. These sections should be heldclosely end to end as it is not my intention that one section shalloverlie the other at all. This isnot a connection for wicks, but acoupling to hold the meeting ends of two sections in closecontact sothat oil flowing up the lower section will be taken up and carried on byeventually. reaching the point of consumption. is now manipulated sothat the coupling is run down inside the tubular body of the lamp burnerand out of sight, and it is even possible to run this coupling down intothe oil if desired; and thereafter the lamp wick The wick adjuster isused like a continuous one until the new or upper section is entirelyconsumed. It is then replaced by another in the manner alreadydescribed, excepting that the charred upper portion of the section isremoved first and thrown away instead of being trimmed as suggestedabove.-

What'is claimed as new is 1. The herein described coupling=-for amultiple piece Wick, the same consisting of a strip of pliable metalhaving ample openings-in its body and inbent teeth along its upper andlower edges, one end of said strip having an Opening, and a tongue onthe other end of the strip to be passed through said opening and bentback, for the purpose setforthz ,and be bent back, and teeth on themetallic element overlying the meeting ends of said sections and thellne between them and having a hole in one end, a tongue on the otherend of the strip to engage said hole strip to engage both sections.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ARTHUR STEUP.

Witnesses:

WALTER E. STEUP, WVILLIAM S. FOWLER.

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